2 Peter 1:3-4
Legacy Standard Bible
3 seeing that His (A)divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the (B)full knowledge of Him who (C)called us [a]by His own glory and [b]excellence. 4 [c]For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent (D)promises, so that by them you may become (E)partakers of the divine nature, having (F)escaped the (G)corruption that is in (H)the world by lust.
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2 Peter 1:3-4
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The Christian’s Call and Election
3 His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by[a] his own glory and excellence.(A) 4 Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants of the divine nature.(B)
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